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#1
Jul 13, 2013, 01:42 PM
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Naive as I was?
When I started therapy 10 months ago I swear I thought I was going to be "fixed"/"cured"/"normal" in 3 months. Haahaaaa haaa OMG! I realized 3 months was about 12 hrs. Wow was I blind,dumb, uninformed. |
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#2
Jul 13, 2013, 01:55 PM
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Yup. Seven months in and I've barely got started.
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#3
Jul 13, 2013, 02:00 PM
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Yep. My T is talking "years" to work through it or really change some stuff. I thought a few months too. 3 months in and we've only just figured out what 'ails' me. LOL.
Oh and also there isn't a fix. I'm having a hard time accepting that it will probably always be a thing. Oh well. I'm gonna make it take even longer by taking a year long break to work abroad. Go me. LOL
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Jul 13, 2013, 02:00 PM
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Nope, i always knew this was going to be a long haul
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#5
Jul 13, 2013, 02:10 PM
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Always knew this would be a long and difficult process.
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#6
Jul 13, 2013, 02:35 PM
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Yep, I thought at the 6 month mark I'd be halfway done, and on the downside of things. Here it is 6 months and I feel like we're just now starting to scratch the surface. What makes me feel worse is I've been going for 3x a week for 4 months and 2x a week for 2 months. Yikes!
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#7
Jul 13, 2013, 02:41 PM
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I thought 3-4 months would allow me to talk without judgment and feel acceptance which would be enough. Imagine my surprise once I began talking how I began connecting the dots and realizing my thoughts were distorted. I just hit the one year mark and could do another 6 months but my T is closing her practice next Friday so I'm taking a break.
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#8
Jul 13, 2013, 04:58 PM
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One more. 8 months and all my T says is 'it takes time'...
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#9
Jul 14, 2013, 04:55 AM
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I thought maybe a year. So far its been 3 years and i will probably be seeing T for another year,.although only bi-monthly at that point.
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#10
Jul 14, 2013, 05:29 AM
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It took me three years to open up to my T. When that happened I thought about six months I'm finished. My T says this is just the beginning we needed three years to attach....now we can start working on the problems. And she is not talking about months ...
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#11
Jul 14, 2013, 09:08 AM
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I've been in therapy now for 5 months...I am really impatient and finding it hard to keep going. Idk if I can think in terms of YEARS at this point /: I need it gone yesterday! Ugh.
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Jul 14, 2013, 09:29 AM
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Me to and I'm 3 years in this time..
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Jul 14, 2013, 12:36 PM
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*raises hand*
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#14
Jul 14, 2013, 07:33 PM
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Me, too. I think T and I both were caught unawares by what a long haul this would be. Luckily, we're both all in.
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Jul 14, 2013, 07:55 PM
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I'm not surprised actually.
Knowing how bad off I was, I was prepared for it to be a while. My H came to a session tho and accused her of seeing me just to earn more money. (totally untrue and says more about H than about T.) She explained that in her experience, people with my combination of issues and the length of time I was self-"medicating" with an eating disorder (>30 yrs) typically needed T for 3 to 5 years before they saw significant improvement. So I'm really proud that I've made tremendous progress since I started in Jan 2011. In fact, she thought our two year anniversary was our three year. 
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#16
Jul 15, 2013, 08:16 AM
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Oh I was VERY naive I was thinking few sessions lol. I´m going for 4 months now and didn´t even started to trust my T fully. I´m taking 4 months break now and after I will see. My T said it will take long time. I´m thinking months...I can´t afford years no way.
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#17
Jul 15, 2013, 01:49 PM
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I actually had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started treatment. I had no idea how long it would take, I was just winging it.
Now I understand it could take a very long time for me and I have accepted that.
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